Briefing Room

CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of precision spraying equipment manufacturer Miller-St. Nazianz, Inc. (“Miller)....More

PHILADELPHIA – September 2, 2014 – FMC Agricultural Solutions has teamed up with John Deere Financial to offer grower financing solutions on select crop protection products for the 2015 crop season. Growers can take advantage of several offers, including no-payment, no-interest programs....More

Boone, Iowa (Aug. 27, 2014) – Bayer CropScience is committed to developing solutions to help growers combat their biggest nemeses through research and development, and Bayer SeedGrowth is a major component in this research....More

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Aug. 27, 2014) – Growers are looking for innovative technologies that provide greater choices in managing their operations, while enabling them to squeeze more yield and profit from their crop as they combat pressure from weeds, disease and insect pests....More

BOONE, IA, August 27, 2014 – A majority of U.S. consumers and farmers agree that farmers are responsible for feeding the world and new technology and innovations are critical to achieving this goal.
These findings were uncovered in the latest BASF Farm Perspectives Study, conducted in early 2014, comparing consumer and farmer viewpoints on agriculture-related issues. More than 9,000 people located in seven different countries participated in the study....More

[SAN FRANCISCO] August 26, 2014 — The Climate Corporation announced today that farmer adoption of its Climate Basic™ service, having rapidly spread during the past nine months, has surpassed company expectations and is now on over 50 million acres across the U.S. Climate Basic is the company’s free web and mobile service offering that uses advanced data science to help farmers optimize their daily decision making with field-level insights, from soil moisture levels, to crop growth stage, to current and future weather....More

Calgary, AB. (Aug. 26, 2014) – Spring nitrogen (N) applications are dependent on favorable weather and being able to get in the field in a timely manner. Fall applications of N can help eliminate many of these issues. With ESN® SMART NITROGEN®, growers can apply all of their N in the fall and not have to
worry about another application in the spring, or they can apply part of their N in the fall and increase the flexibility of the spring application program....More

Boone, Iowa, August 26, 2014 – (TSX: AJX) — Building on the proven performance of the industry’s best-selling aftermarket steering systems, Outback Guidance® is introducing three new precision auto steer systems at the 2014 Farm Progress Show. Two of these are next generation systems being unveiled from AgJunction’s highly successful eDrive autosteer series. This includes the new eDriveXD™ offering decimeter-level accuracy, and the new high-performance eDriveXC™ with centimeter accuracy....More

BOONE, Iowa, Aug. 26, 2014—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today announced a significant advancement in its RainWave® precipitation monitoring solution that maps precise rainfall amounts within an entire field or farm. Using the new RainWave Contour Map functionality in Trimble’s Connected Farm™ Web-based management solution enables the farmer or trusted advisor to make better management decisions for irrigation planning, resource deployment, and timing of applications for nutrient and pest management....More

BOONE, Iowa, Aug. 26, 2014—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has launched two applications that work together within its Connected Farm™ Web-based management solution that provide farmers and their trusted advisors with more detailed field information, which can enable better farm-management decisions.
The announcement was made at the Farm Progress Show....More